paterfamilias
Spanish, noun/pateɾfaˈmiljas/
paterfamilias is spelled P-A-T-E-R-F-A-M-I-L-I-A-S (13 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Spanish, the 206,423rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paterfamilias is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “paterfamilias” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que se desempeña como el jefe de una familia”.
What does paterfamilias mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaterfamilias
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que se desempeña como el jefe de una familia.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce paterfamilias?
- /pateɾfaˈmiljas/
- [pa.t̪eɾ.faˈmi.ljas]
- [pat̪eɾfaˈmiljas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paterfamilias
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paterfamilias in Spanish?
paterfamilias appears about once in every 33 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).